Matthew 5:27

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ ‹Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:›

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 5:18 : 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
  • Exod 20:14 : 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
  • Deut 22:22-24 : 22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, [both] the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. 23 If a damsel [that is] a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
  • Matt 5:21 : 21 ¶ ‹Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:›
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 ¶ And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man's wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 5:28-29
    2 verses
    89%

    28 ‹But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.›

    29 ‹And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not› [that] ‹thy whole body should be cast into hell.›

  • Deut 5:17-21
    5 verses
    84%

    17 Thou shalt not kill.

    18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

    19 Neither shalt thou steal.

    20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

    21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any [thing] that [is] thy neighbour's.

  • 82%

    13 Thou shalt not kill.

    14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

    15 Thou shalt not steal.

    16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

    17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.

  • Matt 5:31-33
    3 verses
    79%

    31 ‹It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:›

    32 ‹But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.›

    33 ¶ ‹Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:›

  • 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

  • 21 ¶ ‹Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:›

  • 22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

  • 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

  • 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, ‹Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,›

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    11 And he saith unto them, ‹Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.›

    12 ‹And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.›

  • 10 ¶ And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man's wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 5:11-13
    3 verses
    74%

    11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

    13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and [there be] no witness against her, neither she be taken [with the manner];

  • 38 ¶ ‹Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:›

  • 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

  • 32 [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

  • 19 ‹Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.›

  • 20 ‹Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.›

  • John 8:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

    3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

    4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

    5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

  • 9 ‹And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except› [it be] ‹for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.›

  • 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

  • 26 ‹Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.›

  • 18 ‹Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from› [her] ‹husband committeth adultery.›

  • 20 But if thou hast gone aside [to another] instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

  • 29 This [is] the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside [to another] instead of her husband, and is defiled;

  • 32 [But as] a wife that committeth adultery, [which] taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

  • 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

  • 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

  • 4 And he answered and said unto them, ‹Have ye not read, that he which made› [them] ‹at the beginning made them male and female,›

  • 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

  • 43 ¶ ‹Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.›

  • 18 ‹For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.›

  • 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

  • 4 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.